Why the scorn for COBOL?Before getting too wrapped up in Gartner, go over to Gartner.com, register a free account, go to the Research tab, and search on the keyword COBOL. You get summaries and a keyword snippet, and you have to sift to find something that really intuits. However, it seems clear that Gartner is quietly pushing businesses to move off COBOL as they appear to see COBOL as winding down.